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\u201cIran Doesn\u2019t Think the War Is Over,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 11-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0The U.S. again moves planes, this time from UK\u2019s Mildenhall air base.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael warns Iran is seeking AI-powered cyberattack capabilities,\u201d<\/a> Calcalist, 11-10-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase,\u201d<\/a> PBS, 11-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0What a big story.\u00a0 But no surprise.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThree men, including one already jailed in the United States, were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S. as well as a planned assault on a British airbase used by the U.S. Air Force. Charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were outlined in a superseding indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court. Only al-Saadi is in custody.\u00a0U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald in New York said in a news release that al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted September terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, United Kingdom, where U.S. bombers and troops had been stationed.\u00a0“These defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of terrorist organizations affiliated with Iran that targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, and the British military base, RAF Fairford, housing American service members,” McDonald said. “The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical \u2014 it is very real.” \u2026 According to the indictment, al-Saadi used coded language in communications with relatives from jail to direct that money be passed along to others who could carry out attacks. The indictment alleged that the three men conspired together to use a network of contacts in the United Kingdom to commit terrorist attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network, which included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata’ib Hizballah. In June, al-Saadi pleaded not guilty to charges that he plotted at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. He called himself a “prisoner of war.” He has been held without bail since. His lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday on the latest development. Both Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been designated by the U.S. government as foreign terrorist organizations. U.S. prosecutors say Al-Saadi was a Kata’ib Hizballah commander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIran Doesn\u2019t Think the War Is Over,\u201d WSJ, 11-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0The U.S. again moves planes, this time from UK\u2019s Mildenhall air base. \u201cIsrael warns Iran is seeking AI-powered cyberattack capabilities,\u201d Calcalist, 11-10-26. \u201cU.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase,\u201d PBS, 11-10-26.\u00a0\u00a0What a big story.\u00a0 But no surprise.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThree men, including one … <\/p>\n

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